Tuesday, 12 January 2010

Hebe's Chant On Perception

I've posted this before in my blog on St Pixels, but it's so on-the-nail true and strikes me afresh each time I read it - so here it is again. May it bless you as it does me.

Seeing yourself – a chant on perception

When you see your face in the mirror,Don’t be dissatisfied with what you see.For your face is only one part of you.There are parts of you that you cannot see.There are parts of you that you will never know;You cannot know how beautiful you are to others.

There is also a part of youThat others can never know;The part of you that is only for you to see,And it is beautiful in its mystery.

I believe there is a God,And he knows all of you and me.He knows the things that I cannot know – The parts that only you can see.

But he also knows what I know,And the parts you can never see,God can see the whole of us – Even that which is a mystery.

When you look at your face and your body,Don’t be dissatisfied with what you see; For beauty is not only in that which is visible,But also in parts that are not seen.

And do not think that any part of you is ugly,Even the inside part of you:For part of the beauty that is youIs when every part of you is together.

A body is far more beautiful alive than when it is dead;But, when all is said and done,We cannot know how beautiful we are’Til we see what God sees.

And do not be afraid when you are changing –Your face or the inside of you; For that’s what it is to be alive.

If you ever feel misunderstood,Ugly, or even invisible,Know that, because I have seen you and known a part of you,There is a part of you that is a part of me.

Can you see that we are a part of each other, then?So what you see in the mirror is not all of you:Don’t be trapped by feelings of inadequacy;Let it be a mystery, and let it set you free.

So do not be unhappy with your body – Love it, for it is part of your wholeness;And if you cannot do that,Love it because it is part of mine.

2 comments:

Yes, me too Buzz! That's why I keep posting it on different places - there's a kind of ever-new quality about it, like whenever I read it, it reminds me of layer upon layer of reality going right down to the bedrock.

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